Sharita Serrao is currently working as Statistician at the Population and Social Statistics Section of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). She has over 18 years of experience in international development, having started her career with the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM, now UN Women) before joining the ESCAP Statistics Division. At ESCAP, she has been leading work on mainstreaming gender in statistical domains, besides undertaking initiatives to strengthen national statistical systems , including supporting the development of regional and national comprehensive sets of gender indicators, gender data communications and use for policy-making; and development of e-learning on gender data analysis and use. In addition, she has worked on statistical development and capacity building covering several domains of social statistics, including disability, informal sector, and migration statistics, and civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS). Sharita holds a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Gender and Development Studies, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in International Business, and a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Economics, Mathematics and Political Science.